Hardware being removed from the Harmonious show platform barges at EPCOT

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Posted: Thursday July 1, 2021 11:47am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Maintenance crews are out on EPCOT'S World Showcase Lagoon today, removing lighting fixtures from the Harmonious barges.

Harmonious lighting fixtures removal

The crew is using one of the two maintenance platforms, with this one equipped with a small crane.

Harmonious lighting fixtures removal

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The lighting fixtures are being removed from the top edge of the Germany barge and placed onto the service barge.

Harmonious lighting fixtures removal

It isn't clear why the lights are being removed. Possibilities include failed hardware that needs replacing or switching the light fixtures with a different type.

Although there have been numerous full show tests after hours, Harmonious will not open to guests until October 1 2021, as part of the Walt Disney World 50th anniversary celebrations. EPCOT Forever, which debuts July 1, does not make use of these barges and will not be impacted by any of the work being done here.

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Chi8415 days ago

Saw it last night and loved it! Visibility was much better than the previous show.

Jayspency16 days ago

Imagine this is the song they play right before the fires around the world showcase go out for illuminations when it comes back

Cmdr_Crimson17 days ago

Problem now with the Illumination Name it now reminds me too much of this..

Cmdr_Crimson17 days ago

Yes, see this is why I'm not a fan of The most recent shows since Epcot Forever..They don't interest me.

Captain Barbossa17 days ago

“Harluminously EPCOT: Reflections of Centerous!”

Nottamus17 days ago

I think the next show name should also sound like Luminous, harmonious, illuminations, festivus, fireworkious - so we At some point just give up and call it The Epcot show

MisterPenguin17 days ago

No animated projections. Just planar lasers and spotlights.

Starship82417 days ago

Luminous has no projections?

Gusey17 days ago

Luminous got the perfect balance for its projection infrastructure. The Illuminations globe was too small that you couldn't see what was going on, whilst Harmonious had the giant tacos that couldn't be moved and also needed to be viewed dead center to be fully experienced. Luminous is right in the middle in that you can see the projections but the floats can be moved backstage

MisterPenguin17 days ago

I am not of the opinion that IluumiNations was the epitome of fireworks shows. It had issues of pacing and visibility... And less fireworks. While I hate that Luminous includes You Got a Friend, it's a nice mix of new and well-known songs. It's visibility around the Lagoon or standing behind a crowd is great.

DreamfinderGuy17 days ago

Luminous feels like it’s trying to be Harmonious 2 (which in itself was essentially HEA) while trying to capture some drops of RoE’s essence. It’s better than Harm, but the lot of successors are all a far cry from IllumiNations

Jayspency17 days ago

You’re talking about luminous right?

Cmdr_Crimson17 days ago

IMO I just think HarmonioUS feels more like it has 5 years on it's lifespan before they end it..Unless by 2032 For IllumiNations 50 we at least would see something amazing.

heapster41118 days ago

I believe it's all about concept. IROE was a story of how we came to be and what we have become, and possibly what our future could be. Everything else IMHO is just a low brow movie soundtrack sing-along. To me, once you leave the true story telling that was the concept of IROE and Epcot, it will be very hard to go back.